Full Name Joseph Weisberg Role Television writer Occupation Writer, producer | Years active 2011–present Siblings Jacob Weisberg Name Joe Weisberg TV shows The Americans | |
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Nominations Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series Similar People Joel Fields, Graham Yost, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Holly Taylor Profiles |
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Joseph "Joe" Weisberg is an American television writer-producer, novelist, and former CIA officer. Weisberg is best known as the creator and executive producer of the FX TV series The Americans.
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- Gold derby q a joe weisberg joel fields the americans executive producers
- Show creator joe weisberg recaps the americans in 30 seconds
- Career
- Personal life
- Falling Skies
- Damages
- The Americans
- References

Show creator joe weisberg recaps the americans in 30 seconds
Career

A 1987 graduate of Yale University, Weisberg became a CIA officer three years after graduation, and after a short career with the Agency taught high school in New York City before enjoying success as a writer.

Weisberg wrote episodes for TNT's alien invasion series Falling Skies and the DirecTV legal drama Damages. He is the creator of The Americans, currently airing on FX, which centers on two KGB agents posing as American citizens in Washington, D.C. during the 1980s; the series is executive-produced by Weisberg and Justified creator Graham Yost.

Weisberg authored two novels: 10th Grade and An Ordinary Spy. An Ordinary Spy was nominated for the Believer Book Award.
Personal life

Weisberg grew up in Chicago, the son of civil rights attorney Bernard Weisberg and former Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg. He is the younger brother of Slate Group editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg. Weisberg married Julia Rothwax, former press secretary to presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bill Bradley, in 2005. The couple have a daughter.
Falling Skies
